BA/BSc supplementary result
Lahore, Dec 23: The Punjab University has declared the result of BA/BSc
Supplementary Examination, 2008, with pass percentage of 31.72. According to a
press statement, 41,628 candidates had appeared in the exam and 13,204 were
declared successful.

BA/BSc admission schedule
Lahore: Punjab University Examination Department has
issued the schedule for submission of admission forms for the candidates who
failed in the Supplementary Exam 2008 and want to appear in the Annual
Examination 2009. The candidates can submit their admission forms till January
6, 2009. The candidates have been advised to submit their admission forms with
the website print of result without waiting for the result card. Ppi

Punjab University clinched second position in Salaam Benazir competition
Lahore: The Punjab University team has clinched the second position in the
quiz "Salam Benazir," organised by the Pakistan Television
(PTV).

According to a press release issued on Monday, besides the PU,
students of six other universities, namely the Peshawar University, the Karachi
University, the Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) University, the Quaid-e-Azam
University, the Bahauddin Zakariya University and the Balochistan University
participated in the competition.

The PU team comprised of Qaisar Khalid
of the Sociology Department and Fahad Shahzad and Zara Noman of the Institute of
Communication Studies (ICS). Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was the chief guest
on the occasion. The quiz will be aired on Saturday, December 27, on the
occasion of first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.

PUASA polls
The Academic Group has announced its panel for the Punjab University Academic Staff
Association (Puasa) elections to be held on Dec 30. According to a press
statement, Dr Mumtaz Ahmed Salik will be the candidate for the slot of Puasa
president while Dr Mehr Saeed Akhtar will be candidate for the post of general
secretary.

Painting exhibition
The Department of Painting of Punjab University College of Art and Design will organise a painting exhibition at the
Anna Molka Art Gallery of the college at Old Campus on Tuesday (today).
According to a press statement, PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran will
inaugurate the exhibition. The participants of the exhibition are leading
artists and teachers of the college. The News

63,000 schools lack computer education across the Punjab
Lahore: Around 63,000 schools out of a total of 64,000 schools across the Punjab still lack computer labs and
instructors despite the Punjab government's claims to provide government schools
with computer education, quarters concerned said on
Monday.

Officials of the Punjab Education Department (PED-Schools) said
that they were working hard to provide schools across the province with computer
labs. They said 144 schools would be made 'excellent schools'.

Access:
Yousuf Nadeem, Punjab Educators Association (PEA) information secretary, said
the government should play its role in providing computer education to
government schools. In 2008, he said, the government had constructed computer
labs in about 700 schools across the province, adding that students of 63,000
schools still had no access to information technology. A female teacher said, "A
class VI student at a government school knows nothing about computers and
internet. I wonder how these students will compete with the private school
students." Another schoolteacher, Masroor Ahmed, said the Punjab government
should notify that computer would be taught as a compulsory subject at primary
level. He said, "It is tragic that our children see computer in a college. A
large number of schools have computer labs, but they lack instructors. Local
residents should be offered jobs in schools."

A senior official of the
PED-Schools expressed his concern about the promotion of computer education in
the province. Under the Excellent Schools Programme, he said, 144 schools would
be provided with computer labs, instructors and furniture in the fiscal year
2008-09. He said the Punjab government had allocated funds for this purpose and
the project would be started soon. He said that the remaining schools would be
provided computer labs and other facilities in accordance with the programme.
PED-Schools Secretary Nadeem Ashraf was not available for comment. Daily Times